The Answer to Everyone's Question

Shadow slapped Mitsuko's hand aside. "I asked for your name, not a hand shake." Mitsuko took a step back in surprise.

"I saved your butt when you needed it and this is how you repay me?"

"We didn't NEED anything from you," Espio said, taking a step forward. "And we didn't even expect you. Now, I'll ask again; who are you, where are you from, and why are you here?" Mitsuko looked down.

"I rather not say anything until Sonic comes." Amy took her turn at a question.

"By the way, how DO you know Sonic? He's never told us about you before."

"Well, to be honest, he's doesn't know me. And I don't really know him that well, either. I was just told things about him. And that it was urgent to meet with him first."

"Who told you that?"

"I can't tell you, at least, not yet." Vector started becoming frustrated.

"Well, what CAN you tell us?"

"I'm sure you won't mind telling us HOW you have those powers." Espio said to Mitsuko. Mitsuko looked up at him. "How do you have Chaos ring energy? And Chaos emerald energy?"

"That's simple. My dad taught me how to use Chaos energy. He even taught me how to use the Chaos Sword, and the Confusion Cannon."

"But…you don't have a chaos ring. Me and Vector have one, and Charmy has the last one on this planet."

Mitsuko laughed. "Duh, silly. It's in my blood." Everyone became surprised.

"Same for the chaos emerald energy?" Shadow asked.

"Yep." Espio gave a small snicker.

"I hope you don't mind, but I would like to test these powers of yours. How does that sound?"

"Awesome! I've heard great things about you! I never thought I'd be able to spar with YOU!"

"Good. But don't hold back."

Mitsuko smiled. "I don't plan on it." Mitsuko and Espio stood a distance away from each other. Mitsuko powered up with chaos ring energy. Espio powered up, too. He pulled out his Chaos Sword.

"You ready?"

"Yep!"

Espio charged at Mitsuko. He swung his sword as Mitsuko dodged them. Eventually, Mitsuko was able to raise his finger, and started blocking Espio's swings. On the last swing, Espio put everything he had into it. Mitsuko powered up his arm and broke through it. The sword disintegrated right out of Espio's hands. He flew back in surprise.

"You're…amazing."

"Thanks, I know." They both powered back to normal. "Do you know when Sonic is going to arrive? I'm getting tired and thirsty, and it's been an hour since I got here."

"Actually, we don't know if Sonic is coming back," Cream said politely. Shadow walked up and grabbed Mitsuko by the collar.

"Why don't you just tell US!" he yelled.

"Hey!" Big said.

"Put him down, Shadow!" Amy yelled.

"Tell us what you're going to tell Sonic!" Shadow said.

"Put him down, Shadow! Don't want to get yourself hurt, do you?"

Everyone turned around at the familiar voice, and saw Sonic standing on a rock behind them. Tail and Knuckles flew up behind him. Shadow dropped Mitsuko.

"It took you long enough."

"Thanks for the patience." Sonic walked up to Mitsuko. He put his hand out. "What's your name, kid?"

Mitsuko shook his hand. "I'm Mitsuko. You must be Sonic."

"How can you tell?"

"You look just like my dad."

"Your dad?" Sonic became confused. "Who's your dad?"

"I can't say. But I can say to you why I'm here." Mitsuko pointed to a rock nearby. "Let's go over there." Sonic and Mitsuko walked away to the rock. Shadow became angry.

"What's so important that only Sonic can know about it?" Shadow pouted. Sonic and Mitsuko stopped at the rock.

"Ok, kid. Spill. Who are you? How can you go super without the emeralds?"

"Wait. First, I have a question. Can you go super or hyper at will?"

"Heh, I'm not like you, kid, so I can't. It only works when I believe in myself. And even then, I still need the Chaos Emeralds with me. I have them now. Do you want to see me go super?" Mitsuko's eyes widened.

"That would be…GREAT!" Sonic gave a small chuckle.

"Ok, here we go." The emeralds started spinning around him, and suddenly he became Super Sonic.

"How do you like that?"

"That looks awesome!"

"I know."

"But…I can do better than that."

"What do you mean?" Suddenly, Mitsuko powered up and became super.

"How do you like THESE apples?" Sonic stared at him in surprise.

"Whoa! You're as strong as me! No way!"

"Yes way. And now that I've seen you go super, we can go the right way." They both powered back down.

"Ok, I'm ready for the information now."

"Ok. My name is Mitsuko. The reason I can transform at will is because I have both kinds of Chaos energy in my blood. The reason I have 'Chaos blood' is because my friend put it in my father. When my mom had me, the energy was transferred into my blood, thus making me powerful at birth."

"Wow, that explains a lot. Who is this friend of yours? And who are your parents?"

"My parents, I cannot say. My friend, is Shadow."

"But Shadow doesn't even know you."

"And neither does the Shadow in space."

"What? Shadow's back there! What are you talking about?"

"That Shadow, over there, is just a mere clone of the real Shadow, who lives in the ARK. I'm sure you're aware of the ARK."

"Of course, Shadow and I saved the earth from there once. How do you know all of this stuff?"

"I know this stuff because I am from the future."

"The future? WOW! How is it? Are there flying cars? Can you travel in space? Am I still cool?"

"That's why I came here, to warn you."

"Warn? Warn us of what?"

"I'll start from the beginning. In 2 years, you will lose a fight against Metal Sonic. When this happens, he will take the chaos emeralds, becoming invincible."

"Metal? But I just defeated Metal!"

"He returns. Anyway, everyone you love, everyone I loved, will be killed. However, there is one survivor, and that is-"

"Your father?"

"How do you know?"

"Judging by your power, your father must be 10 times as strong."

"Well, that's not the end of it. My father spent his entire life training for a fight with Metal. He finally does, and wins. However, the price of his victory is the entire planet. Metal is able to destroy the earth as his final act."

"No way!"

"Yes. And Shadow and I were the only survivors."

"Oh no. Well, if that's true, how did you get here?"

"We teleported to the Little Planet. We then combined all of the time stones with my chaos energy to make a time portal. However, it was very unstable, thus allowing only one of us to come here. I was chosen."

"Wow. I can't believe it. I never thought that Metal would be able to do that. We HAVE to stop Eggman, NOW!"

"I already killed him."

"What?"

"I killed Eggman fighting his robots. But going by what Metal said, I highly doubt that will stop Metal from appearing. Which is why we have to train for him." Sonic looked into the sky. He then looked back at Mitsuko with a smile.

"I guess we have our work cut out for us then, huh?"

"Yeah. Oh yeah!" Mitsuko looked at the group of people staring at them. He squinted, scanning the group, and stopped at Tails. He pointed at him.

"You're Tails, right!" he asked.

"Yes!" Tails said. Mitsuko waved him over. Tails flew over to them.

"What's going on?" Mitsuko reached in his pocket and pulled out a small capsule. He gave it to Tails.

"In this capsule contains a device to transfer chaos energy into the bloodstream. Press the top button to open it up, but not now, later."

"Whoa!" Tails held it up into the sky. "That's neat! How were you able to do that?"

"I don't know, really." Mitsuko looked at Sonic. "Do you think it will be safe to warn the others about the situation?" Sonic went into deep thought.

"Of course! This can shape their future, too! All of them should know."

"Know about what?" Tails asked.

The group watched as Sonic, Tails, and Mitsuko walked back to them, anxious to learn about the warning Mitsuko gave Sonic.